Red Sea Sharks population

[DomaNitrogen]

Hey;

I was just watching a show on NAT GEO about sharks population its decreasing.
So I thought I would like to know your encounters with Sharks in the Redsea when/where and how regular do you dive. And how is the redsea coping with all the development

Cause i realy think its taken a hit in the last 7 years or so

Thanks

[Red Sea Shadow]

Which kind of sharks Adham?

Take into consideration that the Red Sea is a part of the global warming thing and that the marine life and seasons are changing accordingly. For instance, the hammerheads in Tiran stayed more this year. Also whale sharks were reported in both Dahab and Sharm for like 2 months.

Normally sharks change their place and depth when temperature changes.

[Christian]

Shark populations have decreased allover the world, in serious numbers. They even fish them in waters where they are supposed to be protected, like in Galapagos and Cocos Island. Quite some money can be made in the short term. The main culprit is the shark fin soup. The Red Sea has managed comperatively well in some areas (and very bad in others) regarding sharks. Some spieces, like the oceanic white tip (longimanus), was once one of the most common sharks and could be found allover oceans of the world. Today it is rare. The Red Sea is one of the places where it still can be encountered fairly often. Usually around Elphinstone reef, Brother Islands and Deadalus reef. Sometimes as far north as off Ras Mohamed. Scalloped hammerheads are also fairly common in summer. Bigger schools can be seen schooling of deep water reefs in the sudanese red sea during the spring months.